Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
GEP (n = 566) | SSD (n = 282) | MDD (n = 178) | PTSD (n = 86) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||||
men | 263 | (46.5) | 159 | (56.4) | 74 | (41.6) | 72 | (83.7) |
women | 303 | (53.5) | 123 | (43.6) | 104 | (58.4) | 14 | (16.3) |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 45 | (31–55) | 40 | (32–50) | 52 | (45–57) | 53 | (46–57) |
Education | ||||||||
primary | 64 | (11.3) | 36 | (12.8) | 20 | (11.2) | 9 | (10.5) |
secondary | 345 | (61.0) | 175 | (62.1) | 114 | (64.0) | 61 | (70.9) |
university | 157 | (27.7) | 71 | (25.2) | 44 | (24.7) | 16 | (18.6) |
Marital status | ||||||||
single | 165 | (29.2) | 191 | (67.7) | 38 | (21.3) | 17 | (19.8) |
married | 354 | (62.5) | 58 | (20.6) | 93 | (52.2) | 43 | (50.0) |
widowed or divorced | 47 | (8.3) | 33 | (11.7) | 47 | (26.4) | 26 | (30.2) |
Working status | ||||||||
employed | 389 | (68.7) | 124 | (44.0) | 103 | (57.9) | 28 | (32.6) |
unemployed | 77 | (13.6) | 81 | (28.7) | 27 | (15.2) | 12 | (14.0) |
retired | 100 | (17.7) | 77 | (27.3) | 48 | (27.0) | 46 | (53.5) |
Body mass index (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 25 | (22–28) | 26 | (24–30) | 27 | (24–31) | 28 | (25–31) |
Regular smoking of tobacco | 208 | (36.7) | 161 | (57.1) | 96 | (53.9) | 44 | (51.2) |
Self-perceived general health (bad) | 52 | (9.2) | 44 | (15.6) | 63 | (35.4) | 50 | (58.1) |
Number of physical comorbidities, median (IQR)a | 1 | (0–2) | 1 | (0–2) | 2 | (1–4) | 3 | (1–4) |
Chronic physical comorbidities | ||||||||
none | 268 | (47.3) | 120 | (42.6) | 39 | (21.9) | 12 | (14.0) |
one | 121 | (21.4) | 70 | (24.8) | 33 | (18.5) | 11 | (12.8) |
two or more (multimorbidity) | 177 | (31.3) | 92 | (32.6) | 106 | (59.6) | 63 | (73.3) |
Being hospitalized for physical illness during the last 12 months | 44 | (7.8) | 78 | (27.7) | 54 | (30.3) | 24 | (27.9) |
Days of hospitalization for physical illnesses annually, median (IQR)b | 4 | (2–10) | 30 | (9–94) | 20 | (8–90) | 10 | (2–99) |
Status at enrollment | ||||||||
outpatients | 125 | (44.8) | 96 | (55.5) | 35 | (41.7) | ||
in-patients | 136 | (48.7) | 52 | (30.1) | 39 | (46.4) | ||
daily hospital | 18 | (6.5) | 25 | (14.5) | 10 | (11.9) | ||
Duration of primary illness (years), median (IQR) | 7 | (1–15) | 4 | (1–8) | 10 | (4–15) | ||
Psychiatric comorbidity | 89 | (31.6) | 139 | (78.1) | 73 | (84.9) | ||
Previous psychiatric hospitalizations | 3 | (1–7) | 1 | (0–3) | 3 | (1–7) | ||
Psychiatric treatment at enrolment | ||||||||
antipsychotics | 262 | (92.9) | 69 | (38.8) | 43 | (50.0) | ||
antidepressants | 109 | (38.7) | 162 | (91.0) | 72 | (83.7) | ||
benzodiazepines | 210 | (74.5) | 162 | (91.0) | 83 | (96.5) | ||